Picture frame



Hihi-Milf mman/num 1 lll Patented July 8, 1924.

UNITED Y STATES PATENT IOFFICE.

WALTER OPEL,` or LEIPZIG, GERMANY, AssIGNoR To THE FIRM GEoRGI & co., or

LEIPZIG, GERMANY.

V PICTURE FRAME.

Application mea April 2,7, 1923. serial No. 634,997. Y

T 0 all whom it may concern. f

Be it known that I, WALTER OPEL, aY citizen of the German Republic, residing Vat Leipzig, Germany, have invented certain4 new and Auseful Improvements 1n Iicture frames which are made vof paper strips, forv instance such paper stripsas are at presentthe Waste material from telegrams.

Picture frames are now made from paper strips which are wound upon themselves and solidly glued together by pressure, and after' being driedthe material can be worked in exactly the same manner as wood. l

Frames of this type 1n which the several layers of paper remain superposed in thev position -in which they are wound up are hard like wood `upon the surface but they warp easily anddo not possess suflicie-nt resistance against bending stress.

My invention, however,p'ermits the manufacture of serviceable,"permanent picture frames, because the superposed layers or strips of the frame body, which latter is produced in a well known manner by winding up paper strips and uniting the same with glue, are displaced in a transverse direction by pressing tools in such a manner that a frame in any desired profile is produced.

Since the front of the frame is pressed outwardly, the back of the same is hollow whereby not only is the solidity o-f the frame increased but the warping of the same during drying of the adhesive between the strips is prevented.

My invention may be best understood by reference to the following description in,

connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is an elevational,sectional view of a wound body in the first stage of manufacture, said body being adapted for use in the production of a picture frame;

Fig. 2 is an elevational, sectional view of said body after the fra-me has been profiled by the use of suitable tools; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view' of a picture frame formed in accordance with my invention.

In forming a frame in accordance with my invention a body, consisting of layers a of paper strips with an intermediate. layer b of'glueyis formed bywinding up the strips in the manne-r shown in Fig. 3.

For purposes of clarification of the draw-V ing,rcomp`aratively few of the paper layers only are shown,l and these latter thick, but. in reality a great number of'thin layers may beused; 'r w After the body is wound up, as shown in Fig. 1, pressure `is appli-ed to the upper sur-V face of thel frame, and any desired layers. are displacedfas shown in Fig. 2) to form any vdesired profile on the frame. While such displacement may be employed inany desiredV Way, the preferred method is to use a pressing tool which has the same contour as is desiredshall eXist-on the front of the pictureV frame.` l'

. As raw i material for picture frames formed in accordance with my invention, waste telegram strips areY preferably used, sinceV these are not only quite cheap, but, contribute:r the further advantage Ythat they are gummed on the back so that in fwinding themup` they may befdrawn over a wetting device-'-no gnmmmg. cylinder `being required, whereby any disagreeable smearing of the adhesive is prevented.

In some cases strips of different widths can be used successfully to form the original body, whereafter the layers are shaped as heretofore described in order to produce .a profile of different heights and depths. The now vertically directed edges of the strips, which are thus produced in connect-ion with my frame, oppose, when dried, owing to their hardness, considerable resistance to the fashioning, for instance, of the grooves or ledges designed to receive the picture, or the production of ornamental beads. p Furthermore, any difficulty met in this direction can be overcome by making the groove or ledge to recei'ye the picture of a separate strip of cardboard, which is fixed Yto the coiled paper strip. This is best shown iny Figs. 2 and 3, in which A is the ledge made of a paper strip, B is the picture and d isa bead serving as an ornament.

Having thus described my invention, what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Unitedv States is:

1. A picturev frame or the like having the sides thereof formed of continuous successive layers of material, said layers being displacedfftol at predetermined: extent-pto iprpvide a desired prolilei'or designfen the zfront edge of said frame, the rear edge.of..said. framez being of, irregular contour because of said displacement.

2. The process of making a picture frame or the like which comprises WindingzaA strip of material continuously upon itself to form a desired contour and thereafter displacing.:

certain of the turns in a direction perpendicular of tieiareaoi thewframetolfprovide a profile 'on saidframe.

3. :Thezprocessof inakingfa picture frameor the like which comprises winding -.a strip? of ymaterial A'continuously upo'nwitse'lt: to form a desired-1.contourf` adhesive material beingf positioned between` the turns of :said mar-.f terial :tof'bind therffmaterial Pinto;` a compact` mass, and thereafter displacing certain-ofl fthe turns :in a direction-perpendicularof the area oi"k the '.trame,r to fprovidefia profile fon" said trame;

edges of said .frame being `complementaryin profile.

5. An improved.:picturevframeiinade' off paperstrip-s of diierentwidths Woundupsuccessively in shape inzwvhichvthe-Wound up layers of paper strips yare Adisplaced in;

transverse direction lin order to; producer a profiled body, to increase the resisting'capa-A bility tot the ibodyand to prevent :theiwarping of. thel trame, tthief-rearedge 'off said trame beingirregular in profile corresponding to Y, ,thev frontedge because of said displacement.

6. vAnwimproved picture frame made yof strips of paper Wound up in shape in which itliefwvound up layers of paper strips are displaced in transverse direction in order to 4produceren profiled-body, to increase the resisting capability of the body and to prevent the warping of theframd'` the yrear edge ot said Iframe:bei-ng` irregularibecause Aof said displacement, a str-ipof stronger paperfthan.

theWOundupwstrips attached-to the body :to form-the 'iledgerdesigned-tb receive the picture s and beads: `aiponf said separate istrip to forni ornaments."v r Y 7. An. improved picture frame madeoi paper strips of different widths' woundzup sucoessivelyin shape in .Whichthe woundrup layers'offp'aper stripsare displaced: in trans--v verse directioniin orderfto produce a proiled body, to increase the 'resisting capabilityofY the bodyfand to prevent -thewarping of theY fra-ine; the f rearcedge' of 'said framev likewise presenting: an..'irregular r profiled appearance because Aof lsaid displacement', a strongerY strip voffzpaper than@ the: .Wound up strip vat tached to thebodyitozorm` the ledge,` de-w signedftoreceive thelpicture and'beads upon said separate strip to form 'ornaments'.`

In testimony` whereof 'I aiix my signatureY in presence ofV two-1 witnesses.-

l/VALTER OPEL; Witnesses:

RUDOLPH Fatemi; i' ALFRED:ZUeoKLEa 1. 

